Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1903-06-27
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note: *-<:'������������������:. .\r ;���������������������������" .^VfaAj VOL. 7.���������NO.,2. SANDON, B. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1003. $2.00 PER YEAE A RICH WRPBAU.-ST8IKE: One of the Richest Strikes on Record���������Attracting. Crowds of Gold' Hunters. Considerable excitement was manifested in Kaslo the early part of. the week, when two well known mining men, Frank Marquis and Geo. Gilbert returned .from the Lardo-Duncan .coun- , try with evidence of a rich gold find that is a marvel for richness and one that places everything heretofore heard of completely in the shade; To substantiate the'truth of tho richness of the disaovery, these gentlemen produced samples of quartz that are more than one half composed of gold. The specimens, which were brought down from the upper country in a fr.uit (inn will run in valiie to about $100, and the place in which they were exhibited was thronged by a curious public. The returns from assays, which arc not yet made, it is said, will run in thousands of dollars to.the ton.from these exhibited samples. The property on which the discovery was made is known as the ��������� Gold Park group, consisting of two claims and is located on Popular creek, a tributary of tho Lardo, about one mile from the Kootenay & Arrowhead railway. The ore is white quartz and carbonates carrying large quart ties of free gold. Tlie vein from which the samples were taken is seven inches wide and has been uncovered for a distance of 'several hundred feet by means of-. :.6pen cute. In places'it widens out to ten inches, while the whole gauge matter is impregnated with filigree gold. The owners have returned to the property with supplies and motars to crush the ore for shipment, and estimate with a little more development on the property they could at least ship $100,000 worth of ore. A large party of 'fortune hunters accompanied the lucky owners on their return trip, while a large number proceeded the party to get on the ���������ground floor. . The find is said t…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183360
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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